A wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the widow of an Olympic wrestler against the du Pont heir convicted of killing him has been settled out of court, a lawyer in the case said today. In 1997, John E. du Pont was found guilty but mentally ill in...

One of the world's rarest stamps, issued by British Guiana in 1856 and last sold two decades ago for almost a million dollars, may be only half as rare as was thought. A second copy has turned up and has passed initial tests for authenticity. The...

Three trustees will manage the assets of John E. du Pont, a mentally disturbed heir to the family fortune, while he spends the at least 12 years in prison for the shooting death of an Olympic wrestler, a judge has ruled.

John E. du Pont, the mentally disturbed heir to a chemical fortune, received a 13- to 30-year sentence today for the murder of David Schultz, an Olympic wrestler who lived at Mr. du Pont's training center in suburban Philadelphia. Judge Patricia...

The jury in the trial of John E. du Pont in the killing last year of an Olympic wrestler who lived on his property began deliberations today after hearing the defense lawyer urge them to view the evidence through a ''prism of psychosis.'' In his...